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かれ
えんぜつ
演説
していた
きみょう
奇妙
ものおと
物音
いて
きゅう
はなし
やめた
He was making a speech, but he broke off when he heard a strange noise.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
speech; address
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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1
Most common form: きみょう
strange; queer; curious
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3 4
noun
sound; sounds
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0
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to hear
2. to listen (e.g. to music)  (usu. 聴く)
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0
1. urgent; sudden; abrupt
2. sharp; steep; precipitous
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3
Most common form: 話し
noun
1. talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
2. discussions; negotiation; argument
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to end; to quit  (often written with kana only)
2. to cancel; to abandon; to give up; to abolish; to abstain; to refrain  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
エン    performance, play   
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とら tiger; sign of the tiger   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
roof   
スイ   みず water   
セツ   ゼイ   と to explain, persuade   
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eight elder brothers
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eight
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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legs
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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キ    strange, curious   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
カ    good, possible, approval   
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hook
ミョウ    strange; mysterious   
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ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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モチ   not
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pig
ギュウ   うし cow   
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ブン   モン   き to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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ジ   みみ ear   
モン   かど gate   
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キュウ   いそ to hurry   
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シン   こころ heart   
corner
yo = to yell / say hi
ワ   はな to talk   はなし talking   
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ゼツ   した tongue   
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セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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